Bowling pin



Oct. 5 1926. 1,601,916

. J. A. HILLERICH BOWLING PIN Filed April 2, 1923 ty of longitudinal splints,

Patented Oct. 5, 1925.

My invention relates JOHN A. HILL ERICK, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

Application filed April 2,

ing pins which are constructed. of

tors secured together so as to make solid pin.

BOWLING vrm.

to that class of bowla pluralisections or seca unitary The present invention is directed to improving acter, so as whlch w1ll it is necessarily subjected, tion of which also which 1s a ma in lumber,

terest and impor provement the pi tions of wool or other These laminations I prefer the construction of pins of to produce a much stronger pin resist the hard usage to which and the involves a gre suitable this cha rconstrucat saving tter of national intance. According to my 1mn 1s composed of laminamateria to make relatively thin, and the necessary lumber for them is readily procured, often which would otherwise be waste,

laminations are so make a body suita the lathe, the pin is the usual manner.

A further improvement in my suitable angle,

ually great strengt tion of bowling pin is to arrange nations in differen which are or may be of with their angles meeting a the pin, and each section is laminations above referred In carrying out ther improvement tions of one sector at to. this idea from wood After the lidly adhered together to ble for the operation 9 turned and finished 1n construethe lamit longitudinal sections, sector-like form t the middle of built up of the I have the furthat I arrange the laminaa right angle, or other to the laminations of the next sector, whereby the grain of the material is so disposed that the pin cally impervious to splitting or In uniting the laminations I do or ploy a waterproof glue the laminations and sectors into a will be understood that the tary body. It

arrangement of the to considerable varia ing out my improv I have illustrated an this application wha best and most effective arr laminations for the described pu strength and durability, venience and economy With such objects in v advantages which. may use of the improvements, sists in the parts and co hereinafter set forth and claimed,

is of unh and durability, practibreaking. may cmwhich unites all of solid unllaminations is subject tion while still carryed construction of pin. d described in detail in t I consider to be the angement of said rposes of as well as of conin manufacture.

iew as well as other be incident to the the invention conmbinations thereof with the f on line IVIV of Fig. 1.

1923. Serial No. 629,438.

In order to make the invention more clear ly understood there are shown in the accompanying drawings means for carrying the same into practical effect, without limiting the improvements, in their useful applications, to the particular constructions which, for the purpose of explanation, have been made the subject of illustration. In said drawings c Figure 1 is a side view of a bowling pin embodying the invention.

' Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view on line II-II of Fig. 3.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the pin. 7

Fig. i is a horizontal section of the same Referring to the drawings, 1 is the pin here shown as composed of four sector-like longitudinal splints 2. I consider that four sectors is a convenient number for manufac= ture and to realize the objects of the construction but other numbers of sectors may be employed. Each sector is composed of a plurality of laminations 3, which are preferably relatively thin, and fiat, sawed from wood suitable for bowling pins, and securely and permanently united wth each other bywaterproof glue and pressure.

A number of such longitudinal sectors may first be prepared, their splints being glued together to make a body which is elongated and rectangular in cross section, and before the glue is dry four of said rectangular bodies may be combined together, with interposed glue, and properly treated by a strong pressure and drying. Thereafter the pin is turned from the body or block thus produced.

What is claimed is- 1. Abowling pin composed of longitudinal sections, the sections being composed of laminations of material, all solidly adhered together to form a unitary pin.

2. A bowling pin composed of sector-like longitudinal sections meeting at the middle of the pin, the sections being composed of laminations of wood, all solidly adhered together to form a strong unitary pin.

3, A bowling pin composed of sections and and said sections being composed of lamina having their angles tions, all solidly adhered together, the sections being arranged so that the planes of the laminations of a section are at an angle to the laminations of the next contiguous sec- 5 tion. 4:. A bowling pin composed of four lonf gitudinal sections and said sections being composed of longitudinal flat laminations,

all solidly adhered together, the sections being arranged so that the planes of the laminations of one section'are at right angles to the laminations of the next contiguous sections.

In testimony whereof I ailiX my signature.

JOHN A. HILLERICH. 

